scholarly journals Invisible wounds and suicide: Moral injury and veteran mental health

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikki Jamieson ◽  
Kim Usher ◽  
Myfanwy Maple ◽  
Dorothy Ratnarajah
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Moral Injury ◽  
Veteran Mental Health

Mental Health Clinician Community Clergy Collaboration to Address Moral Injury Symptoms: A Feasibility Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey M. Pyne ◽  
Steve Sullivan ◽  
Traci H. Abraham ◽  
Aline Rabalais ◽  
Michael Jaques ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Moral Injury ◽  
Mental Health Clinician ◽  
Health Clinician

Mental health and moral injury among nurses: practical self-compassionate care to alleviate the psychological impact of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-27
Author(s):  
Kimberley Cairns
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Moral Injury ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Compassionate Care ◽  
The Moment

COVID-19 and mental health are both topics on everyone′s radar at the moment—but what about the mental wellbeing of those on the frontline? Kimberley Cairns explores and details the ways in which the mental health of medical personnel can be maintained and improved

A lifeline in the dark: Breaking through the stigma of veteran mental health and treating America's combat veterans

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 831-840
Author(s):  
Gabriel Botero ◽  
Nilsa I. Rivera ◽  
Shakeya C. Calloway ◽  
Pedro L. Ortiz ◽  
Emily Edwards ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Combat Veterans ◽  
Veteran Mental Health

scholarly journals Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Moral Injury in Nurses on the Frontlines of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-76
Author(s):  
Marsha Lesley
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Moral Injury ◽  
Mental Health Crisis ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Moral Hazards ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Ego Strengths

OBJECTIVE: To raise awareness of the potential for moral injury in nurses working on the frontlines of COVID-19 patient care and to present aspects of mental functioning that may increase the likelihood of psychological distress. Approaches that draw on psychoanalytic thinking to support frontline nurses’ mental health are explained. METHOD: This article draws on recent work that is available from multiple sources, including published journal articles on moral injury, recent reports from news services highlighting the crisis state of the pandemic and effects on nurses, established literature on the structural model of the mind, and recent webinars and online lectures addressing mental health crisis interventions. The author draws on expertise from years of training in the Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program at the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute and graduation as an academic analyst. RESULTS: How nurses navigate moral hazards inherent in the current state of frontline health care may depend on their existing ego strengths and levels of self-blame and guilt from a harsh superego. CONCLUSIONS: Mental health professionals need to be aware of the mental minefields that frontline nurses must navigate when providing care that, due to circumstances beyond their control, may be morally ambiguous. Educating nurses about the meaning of their own emotional and psychic responses amid the realities in the field may help to decrease the damaging effects of moral injury.

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